When Scott and I FINALLY retire, when we look at ourselves in the mirror and recognize... we are not getting any younger, we both know we want to travel. And that is very different than vacationing. Vacationing is what you do with your family, it is about relaxing and recreating, grand-babies on a beach somewhere … Continue reading Travel VS Vacationing
Author: bethlovesblue
Reflection: A Poem
Prompt: Reflection In this wet and wondrous world Where rain becomes Part of who we are, Tall trees are mirrored On glassy lakes. And reeds reflect in pockets of muskeg. The upsidedowness Of a mountain Or a boat On a windless ocean, A yellow daisy on a morning wet deck, A child's face Looks back … Continue reading Reflection: A Poem
Ketchikan: A Leap of Faith
Prompt Word: Zing It is that blueberry time of year. Blueberry picking, blueberry baking and blueberry festivaling. The festival, held the first weekend in August holds a special place in the hearts of our family. It was on a Blueberry Weekend twenty-five years ago that we flew into Southeast Alaska for the first time, flying … Continue reading Ketchikan: A Leap of Faith
Time in a Bottle
Prompt: Time ~I am still not sure exactly how WordPress works. I had just figured out about the daily prompt and then.... it was gone. I am enjoying posting on RDP, I really like reading what the other Bloggers have posted. A few days ago I saw a prompt that had a picture prompt. I … Continue reading Time in a Bottle
All That Glitters….
.....is not gold. Prompt today: Gold Glitter. Glisten. Sparkle. Shine. What makes life Gold? Family and friends are the obvious first choice, but what is not so obvious, those little, tiny life details that glitter, glisten, sparkle and shine: Glitter, glisten Sparkle and shine. Glistening ocean Sunlight on waves Dance and shimmer. Sparkling water droplets … Continue reading All That Glitters….
What We Do
The prompt: Welcome Right now my phone is buzzing off the hook. Usually when I get in one of those annoying text circles I get frustrated, and this time I am in several of those circles.. so my phone is "super-buzzing." But I am not frustrated or annoyed this time. This time I stop what … Continue reading What We Do
Summer Day, Long Ago
My Grandpa Finch is in the backyard. It is New Mexico. It is summer and it is hot. I sit in the shade of the old apricot tree, sprawling branches hang low and the leaves are lush. It is a perfect tree. From that tree my grandmother put up jars and jars and jars of … Continue reading Summer Day, Long Ago
Ketchikan Clouds
The prompt: Clouds. I look out my window for inspiration and am rewarded with a thick, dense, oppressive layer of clouds threatening to drop right down to the water. It is a rainy day in here in Ketchikan, the puddles on my deck dance and ripple - there is a single fishing boat out on … Continue reading Ketchikan Clouds
A Little Help?
1 John 3:17 17 But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him? I woke up, grabbed some coffee and read today's prompt, OPEN. I thought, "Easy. That will be easy." Finished up morning chores, scanned FB and saw … Continue reading A Little Help?
Superstition
Superstition! Another great prompt and actually sort-of-perfect for this Friday the Thirteenth! My mind just keeps jumping to the old Stevie Wonder classic, "Superstition." I am listening to it and grooving right now - (do you see how I got yesterday's prompt in there too?) I pulled up the lyrics for inspiration and boy-oh-boy did … Continue reading Superstition
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